Reptile Atlas of Southern Africa

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ReptileMAP:   90573
Province:   Mpumalanga
Country:   South Africa
Locus:   2431DC
Observer:  
Date of record:   0-00-00
Number of photos:   0
Notes:   Pienaar, U.de V, FitzSimons, V.F.M. & Broadley, D.G. 1978. The Reptile Fauna of the Kruger National Park
Last updated:   2020-09-30 15:10:05
Sp. code:   5620
Species name:   Kinixys spekii
Common name:   Speke's Hinged Tortoise
Family:   Testudinidae
Record status:   ACCEPTED
Collector's species id:  
Institution:   ADU-UCT
Record URL:   https://vmus.adu.org.za/?vm=ReptileMAP-90573
Links:   • Locus: Summary | Records       • Species: Records | Distribution map

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Comments by the Expert Panel on this record:

Comment number:   1
By:   Darren Pietersen
Comment:   Ex Kinixys zombensis. Legacy of when Kinixys spekii was variously treated as conspecific or a subspecies of Kinixys belliana (the southern populations of which subsequently became K. zombensis).
Date:   2020-09-22 10:18:32
Species name:   Kinixys spekii -- Speke's Hinged Tortoise
Species code:   5620

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